obama's was a kind of a scowl koech." a kind of reminder that again we're watching a television event that had the added advantage of having real substance tonight. >> exactly. and romney was communicating a different kind of affect. and that is very important. as you know, going all wait back to 1960, this is television. it will be interesting to see if he can carry that out in the town hall format for the next presidential debate. >> all right. andrea mitchell, who spent the evening going through facts for us in denver. david gregory, one more whack at what may be happening in the circles around these candidates. i guess if you're the president's team do you review tape like an nfl team? >> yeah. i think partially they'll do that. just to make him crisper. i think part of what they've tried to do all along is disqualify romney as a credible alternative. as chuck alluded to, you're elevated when you're on the stage with the president. so i think that's where they try to go to work. and they're going to hammer away at a l